tulva

Finnish

Etymology

Cognate with Karelian tulva.[1] Possibly derived from tulla (compare tuleva).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtulʋɑ/, [ˈt̪ulʋɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ulʋɑ
  • Syllabification(key): tul‧va

Noun

tulva

  1. flood

Declension

Inflection of tulva (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative tulva tulvat
genitive tulvan tulvien
partitive tulvaa tulvia
illative tulvaan tulviin
singular plural
nominative tulva tulvat
accusative nom. tulva tulvat
gen. tulvan
genitive tulvan tulvien
tulvainrare
partitive tulvaa tulvia
inessive tulvassa tulvissa
elative tulvasta tulvista
illative tulvaan tulviin
adessive tulvalla tulvilla
ablative tulvalta tulvilta
allative tulvalle tulville
essive tulvana tulvina
translative tulvaksi tulviksi
instructive tulvin
abessive tulvatta tulvitta
comitative tulvineen
Possessive forms of tulva (type koira)
possessor singular plural
1st person tulvani tulvamme
2nd person tulvasi tulvanne
3rd person tulvansa

Compounds

Descendants

  • Proto-Samic: *tulvē[2]
  • Estonian: tulv

References

  1. Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
  2. Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Anagrams


Ingrian

Noun

tulva

  1. flood
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